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Loring, Joshua, 1744-1789 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01547 Author/Creator: Loring, Joshua, 1744-1789 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 August 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 15.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses several financial transactions between himself, Knox, and General Benjamin Lincoln. Attempts to clarify the information exchanged in several letters between himself and Knox. Declares that Knox may still "draw on [him] for Two hundred dollars more."

Loring, Joshua, 1744-1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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